Necktie-holder



A. RADIN.

NECKTIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, I921.

1,388,304, Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

; Qwwemtoz I QM a 4 cm 1 W UNITED STATES ALEXANDER RADIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 192

Application filed January 5, 1921. Serial No. 435,095. 7

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER RADIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Queens, city and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Necktie-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for holding the knot of a four-in-hand necktie in proper position so that the tie will not move out of position nor appear untidy. The object of my invention is to provide a holder which can be very easily attached in place on the collar, which will permit the tie to be readily tied and the knot moved up close to the collar and which will be entirely hidden from view at all times. Another advantage is that the holder may be placed at any height on the collar so that it is not only adapted to collars of various heights but the tie may be worn high or low on the collar as the wearer may choose.

The device is very simple and inexpenslve.

In the drawing forming part of this application,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tie holder,

Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the holder attached to the collar and the tie ready for tying, part of the collar being broken away,

Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the ends of the tie crossed over in the first step of tymg Fig. 4 IS an elevatlon showing the tie completely tied and the temporary rod removed, and

Fig. 5 is a side elevation thereof.

The present device is more especially adapted for use with collars of the turn down variety and with four-in-hand neckties.

Herein I have shown an ordinary collar 7 of this type having the neck band or inner fold 1 and the outer or turn down fold 2, 3, the ends 4, 5 of the collar being overlapped and buttoned on the stud 6 secured to the shirt neckband (not shown). One end flap 4; i. e. is the one which lies nearest the shirt neckband is generally shorter and passes just beyond the stud 6; whereas, the flap 5 is generally longer and it extends some distance from the stud 6 and is tucked inside the turned down fold 2 of the collar. The present device is adapted to clamp on this latter flap.

The holder proper 9 comprises a curved plate 10 conforming substantially to the arc of curvature of the collar when it is attached on the shirt and this plate is sufliciently narrow to be hidden from view by the knot of the tie or by the neckband of the tie or both.

This plate 10 has one end 11 bent back under the plate to form a clamp for gripping the flap 5 of the collar. Extending forwardly and downwardly from the middle portion of the plate 10 at the preferred angle, is a fixed supporting member or rod 12 which is the member that lies inside the tie knot and holds it in the desired position. This rod member 12 has, preferably, an eye 13 on its free end and there is atemporary tying rod 14 which has a hook 15 on one end for temporarily engaging the eye 13. Thus, the

rod 14 may be temporarily hooked onto the supporting member 12 to form a continuation thereof while the tie is being tied and the knot is being slipped into place.

Operation: The user will first place the neckband 16 of the tie in the collar with the ends 17 of the tie hanging and the collar is then placed in position around the wearers neck and it is buttoned onto the neckband of the shirt in the usual manner, as shown in Fig. 2.

The holder is then placed so that the ends of the plate project under the opposite free edges 2, 3 of the turned down walls of the collar and the looped end 11 is slipped over the edge of the collar flap 5, so that the plate 10 lies at the front of the flap 5 while the clip 11 lies behind and presses against it. The plate 10 may be placed near the bottom of the collar or it may be slipped up to any position the wearer desires and the clip 11 as well as the tie itself will serve to retain it wherever placed.

While the extension or temporary rod 14 is attached to the supporting member 12 the person overlaps the ends of the necktie and proceeds in the usual manner to tie a fourin-hand knot, at the same time forming the knot either entirely around the extension rod 14 or partly around this rod and partly around the member 12 as these two members form extensions of each other while they are hooked together. After the knot has been formed in this manner the knot of the tie is slipped up or tightened against the collar in the usual manner until it lies against the inner wall 1 of the collar. As the knot 18 has been formed around the rod 14 and the member 12 these lie inside the knot and when the latter is slipped up or tightened on the collar it slides along the rod 14 and the member 12. After the knot has been moved into place the rod 14 is unhooked from the member 13 and it is removed and it is not used until the tie is to be tied again.

The member 12 lies inside the knot and as it lies in a definite or fixed position as determined by its position on the plate 10 it supports and holds the tie in the proper position. It prevents the knot from shifting sidewise and it also holds it at the desired angle.

The rod 14 is provided merely as a temporary extension of the member 12 because otherwise the knot could not be conveniently formed around the member 12 unless the latter were made long and this would make the device cumbersome and clumsy.

The knot incloses the member 12 and the plate 10 is hidden by the knot and by the neck band portion 16 of the tie, so that the device is entirely hidden from view While it is being worn. It will be obvious that the holder may be placed at any height on the collar and the tie may thus be tied high or low on the collar as the wearer may choose.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a member adapted to be placed against the inner wall of a turned down collar with the ends thereof extending behind the front wall of the collar, said member having one end turned back upon itself to form a clamp adapted to engage around the edge of the outer flap of the collar to clamp said member upon the collar to make itself supporting thereon, and a rod member projecting forwardly and downwardly from said first member, about which latter .memher a tie is adapted to be tied, said second member being adapted to lie inside the knot of the necktie and to form a support to hold the knot in extended position.

2. A device of the class described comprising a member adapted to be placed against the inner wall of a turned down collar with the ends thereof extending behind the front wall of the collar, means for Se curing said member to the collar to make it self supporting thereon, a rod member projecting forwardly and downwardly from said first member, and a member forming a continuation of said rod member and about which rod member and said continuation member a necktie is adapted to be tied in a knot and the knot to he slipped entirely onto said rod member and against the collar whereby the said rod member will lie inside the knot of the tie and support-the samein extended position, said continuation member being adapted to be detached from'said rod. member after the tie has been tied.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 27th day of December, 1920.

ALEXANDER RADINQ 

